callmeechocodes/fetcho

:sparkles: A simple fetch made in C++

Fetcho

A simple fetch made in C++

Installing

Arch-based

If you use an AUR helper, use it instead, e.g paru -S fetcho or paru -S fetcho-git

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/fetcho.git # use fetcho-git.git instead for latest commit
cd foto
makepkg -si

Debian-based

A .deb package is planned for an easier installation

sudo apt install build-essential libprocps-dev
git clone https://github.com/CallMeEchoCodes/fetcho.git
cd foto
git checkout "$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)" # checkout to latest tag, omit for latest commit
sudo make install RELEASE=1

Other distros

Install libprocps (also known as procps-ng) using your package manager before you do this.

git clone https://github.com/CallMeEchoCodes/fetcho.git
cd fetcho
git checkout "$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)" # checkout to latest tag, omit for latest commit
sudo make install RELEASE=1

Customizing

Fetcho is customized using environment variables. These can be set by adding a line like this to your shells configuration file (eg. .bashrc, .zshrc, config.fish):

export VARIABLE_NAME="variable value"

FO_MODULES

FO_MODULES defines the modules that should be shown. It is a string that contains a list of modules seperated by a space. The modules will be shown from first to last in the variable.

Valid modules:

os

kernel

uptime

shell

ram

de

editor

host

arch

Default:

export FO_MODULES="os kernel uptime shell ram de editor host arch"

FO_NERDFONTS

FO_NERDFONTS is used to decide if icons should be shown. If it is set to either "true" or "1" then icons will be shown. Icons are automatically disabled if you are in a TTY regardless of what this variable is set to.

Default:

export FO_NERDFONTS="false"

FO_LINETEXT

FO_LINETEXT is the character used for the seperator line between the username@hostname and the modules. Make sure it is only 1 character or strange behavior can occur.

Default:

export FO_LINETEXT="─"

Acknowledgments

• mekb-turtle for helping me with C stuff I didn't understand
• angelofallars for creating treefetch, which inspired the design of fetcho (mainly the seperator)
• dylanaraps for pretty much creating fetch programs

fetcho's Issues

Add .deb package

This shouldn't be too hard but I'm lazy

Progress Tracker

• Figure out how to create a deb file with make
• Add it to the github workflow

Add configuration

I want to make this configurable but I'm not sure how.

Option 1: Suckless style

Suckless style means configuring with a config.h file in the source code

Pros:

• Easy to implement
• No slowdown because we don't really need to read a config file

Cons:

• You would have to recompile every time you change config
• Packaging becomes pretty much worthless

Option 2: Neofetch style

Neofetch style means using a traditional config file

Pros:

• Easy to use

Cons:

• Causes slowdown when reading the file
• Hard to implement

Option 3: ENVVAR style

take a wild guess as to what this means

Pros:

• Easy to implement
• Very small amount of slowdown

Cons:

• Can be annoying to use with big configs

Progress Tracker

• Choose style
• Implement system to define config options in an easy way
• Add options!

host module not working on AUR build

Whenever I try to add the host module, it does not want to load and says "host" is not a valid module! when i run fetcho. Is it just something on my end, and if so, how can I check?

Running arch linux on a laptop with the linux-zen kernel, all packages up to date.

Thanks in advance!